Interventional Pulmonology in Cancer Patients : An Intensive Hands-On Course

Interventional Pulmonology in Cancer Patients : An Intensive Hands-On Course is organized by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the conference would be held during Feb 25 - 26, 2016 at TThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Onstead Auditorium Mitchell Building (BSRB), Floor 3 - Houston, TX.
The targeted audience for this medical event basically for board-eligible/certified pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, and trainees in pulmonary, critical care medicine, and thoracic surgery that have an interest in interventional pulmonology.

This CME conferences has been approved with 17 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Educational Objectives

Educational Objectives (Didactic Session and Hands-On Sessions)

At the conclusion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:

• Utilize appropriate lung cancer screening techniques according to national guidelines and standards (knowledge, competence, performance)
• Implement the appropriate work up for the lung cancer patients, using available staging modalities while understanding their individual limitations (knowledge, competence, performance)
• Describe the therapeutic options for management of airway tumors (knowledge, competence); • Interpret the available evidence for adjunctive therapies in the palliative and curative management of lung cancer (knowledge, competence)
• Utilize the principles of evidence based medicine in evaluating new technologies (knowledge, competence, performance patient outcomes)
• Incorporate evidence based best practices for the management of recurrent malignant pleural effusions (knowledge, competence)
• Demonstrate the steps necessary to place an indwelling pleural catheter (knowledge, competence, performance)
• Demonstrate the ability to perform Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration on a porcine model and to perform other aspects of cytological diagnosis (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes)
• Demonstrate airway debulking techniques using argon plasma coagulation and endobronchial laser (knowledge, competence, performance)
• Perform endobronchial stenting on a porcine model (knowledge, competence, performance)
• Perform percutaneous tracheostomy placement (knowledge, competence,
• Demonstrate the steps required for medical pleuroscopy (knowledge, competence,
• Perform endobronchial valve placement in an explanted porcine model (knowledge, competence, performance).